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Stress Test

Reflections on Financial Crises

Timothy F. Geithner

In this candid and riveting memoir, the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and US Treasury Secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, takes readers behind the scenes of the worst financial crisis in American history. He describes the hard choices and politically unpopular decisions he made to rescue and recover a broken financial system and prevent the collapse of the economy. Stress Test is a valuable guide to how governments can better manage financial crises and a hopeful story about public service.
Publish Date
2015-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
2015-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2014
Goodreads Rating
4.08
ISBN
9780804138611
Recommendations
3
Recommendations
The former Treasury Secretary's front-row view of the financial crisis.      source
Sensational . . . The book Stress Test will forever be the definitive work on what causes financial panics and what must be done to stem them when they occur.      source
An 800-page description of the financial crisis and I found it pretty captivating.      source